The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-07-28
LITERARY NOTES.

The August Harper's comes to
the front of Magazine virtues in the
predominating timeliness of its
strong articles, excellently illustra-
ted. The leading position is ap-
propriately occupied by Miss
Welch's paper on THE Neighbor-
hood of the international Park"
at Niagara unfolding the unappreci-
ated charms of natural beauty and
historic association clustering
around the cataract. She says that
"while hundreds of tourists visit
the Falls of Niagara every season,
not one in a thousand actually sees
the river. But with the freeing Of
Niagara celebrated by New York
state and Canada July Is, 1885, the
river experienced a new birth.
Hereafter, in the true spirit Of the
international bond, the traveller
may explore Niagara to where, &C
tually freed from its high precipi-
tons mural boundaries, 1t pours the
waters of our upper inland seas in
to the broad Ontario. Here culmi-
mates the historic interest of the
Niagara frontier, as at the whirl
pool modern rock-reading tells US
to seek clew to its geological past.
For of few other rivers may it he
said that they have a threefold
charm, appealing alike to artist,
historian and man of science. The
reader is chaperoned through the
most remarkable attractions, ap-
pealing to the historian, the geolo-
gist and the pedestrian by several
routes. The latest scientific YER
sion OF the history of the gorge is
also set forth, revolutionizing the
time standard for calculating the
remoteness of the Glacial Epoch,
which geology finds in Niagara,
and reducing the estimated age Of
the Falls from 100000 years to less
than 10000.
The fifteen illustrations profusely
display the picturesqueness sur
rounding this sublime spot. One Of
the page engravings is magniti-
cent picture Of the whirlpool. 1t is
impossible for the traveller to get
anywhere so full view of this
awe-inspiring scene, where the riv-
er "untwists itself like some mighty
serpent from its sinuous contor-
lions in this concave prison to pour
itself in an emerald-green wave into
a channel at right angles with it's
former course" This illustration
is ingeniously made from two diff
ferent photographs united into one,
and is triumph of Photographic
skill. The original is By George
Barker, whose splendid copyrighted
views of Niagara are justly celebra
ted and is most interesting so;u-
ton of the problem Of copying by
the camera an enormous field of
view which is oaly partly accessi-
ole.
Sportsmen will relish the article
on Hunting the Grizzly Bear" by
G. O. Shields, in the forthcomi h 9
Harper's, in which the traits Of this
most huge and savage Of the bear
tribe are illustrated by anecdotes
from an experienced hunter. and by
drawings from j. G. Beard. The
places and times and equipments
FOR hunting this large game are also
given.
The Irish Party" is one of the
seasonable articles in the August
Harper's. The writer, Edward
Brown, outlines the course of lrisl
influence in Parliament and gives
briet biography of the most promi-
nent leaders in the Home Rule
movement from the time of Isaac
| Butt to Parnell and Dayitt. Por-
traits of fourteen conspicuous mem
bers of the Irish party accompany
their histories.
In the second part of Mrs. Re
becca Harding Davis's series o
southern articles, published in th'
August Harper's, the story and de
scription are grouped around MO
bile, displaying the characteristic
life of the Gulf States and the new
spirit of enterprise now revolution
izing the south. Something ma,
be judged of its tone from the con
fident prediction that "as for Mo
bile, it must be the chief seaport o
the Gulf. That is inevitable. Ant
: when these new industries are de
veloped, here is their outlet. Con
slider the enormous advance made
by this state in the last ten years
the opening up of her coal and irol
! regions, the numbering trade, tn
capital invested in manufactures
, Why, the state is as rich as Penn
sylvania in her natural resources
Here in Mobile must be the centre
; of her foreign trade. A very few
years will make it the New York o
!, the south" The text is strongl,,
: illustrated by Gibson and Drake.